Women Shani Temple Entry

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  Haji Ali Shrine Give Full Access To Women, Says Court. Not Ok, Says Trust

  Women have the right to enter the core or inner sanctum of Mumbai's famous Haji Ali shrine, the Bombay High Court has ruled. However, women cannot avail of the order just yet - the trust that runs the shrine wants to appeal the decision in the Supreme Court, so today's verdict is suspended or put on hold for six weeks.

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  New Body Formed To Fight For Entry Of Women In Haji Ali Dargah

  After the successful right-to-pray campaign centred around the Shani Temple in Ahmednagar district, a similar public-backed movement has been launched to seek entry of women into the core area of the Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai.

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  Kerala Temple Tragedy Due To Women's Entry In Shani Temple: Religious Leader

  Religious leader Swaroopanand Saraswati said on Monday that the "Kerala temple tragedy may have occurred due to women forcibly entering the Shani Shingnapur temple in Maharashtra," which had been banned for over four centuries.

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  Can Women Be Told Not to Climb Everest? Court Asks Sabarimala Authorities

  Amid the huge controversy over woman demanding their right to enter temples where they have been traditionally banned, the Supreme court today said restricting their entry to the sanctum sanctorum of Sabarimala temple, one of the holiest shrines of India, puts "gender justice in danger."

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  Expect More Rapes With Women Allowed Into Shani Temple, Says Shankaracharya Swaroopanand

  The entry of women into a famous temple devoted to Lord Shani or Saturn in Maharashtra will drive more rapes, a senior religious leader has said.

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  Devotees Visit Maharashtra's Shani Temple After Ban Is Lifted

  Men and women lined up to the sanctum sanctorum of Maharashtra's famous Shani Shingnapur temple since on Saturday to offer prayers on the first Saturday after a 400-year -old ban on entry of women into the shrine's core area was lifted.

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  Ban Is History. Shani Shingnapur Temple Opens Gates To Women

  For months, women activists, in particular Trupti Desai, have tried unsuccessfully to enter a famous temple to Saturn or Lord Shani in Maharashtra. Today, temple officials said that women will neither be encouraged nor stopped from entering the temple, effectively lifting the ban on entry of women.

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  Maharashtra Temple Row: Activist Targets Devendra Fadnavis

  Upset over police action preventing women activists from entering the sacred platform of the Shani temple, activist Trupti Desai today said she would file an police complaint or FIR against Maharashtra Chief Minister if he fails to honour the Bombay High Court order facilitating entry of females at places of worship.

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  Women Can Now Enter All Parts Of All Temples In Maharashtra

  Temples in Maharashtra can no longer cite centuries-old traditions to ban the entry of women. The Bombay High Court ruled today that offering prayers at a temple "is the fundamental right of a woman and the government's fundamental duty to protect their (women) right."

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  RSS Gives A Thumbs Down On Banning Women In Temples

  In what could be seen an attempt at an image makeover, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh or RSS, the ideological mentor of the BJP, has advocated for women entry into temples, calling the practice of banning them from the sanctum sanctorum of some temples as 'unfair'.